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`,JOSEPH GOULD, oF GRINN ELL IOWAL Letters Patent No. 72,020, dated December 10, 1867.

` IMPROVEMENT IN GORN-SHELLERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GOULD, of Grin ell, in the county of Poweshiek, and in the State of IOWa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shellers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, makinga part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a view with the end board taken ofl', and

Figure 2 a view with the front taken oti. i

In the annexed drawings, A represents the box within which the corn is placed. C i'epresents a horizontal cylinder, which lies within this box, and which has a series of rows of teeth, :i: xx, upon its surface. These teeth are placed diagonally, in rows of twos, for the more eifectnal breaking of the corn from the cob. .At a suitable distance beneath this roller, is the hopper B, upon which the shelled corn falls. The bottom of the hopper has a sliding board, a, which is opened or closed by means of the rod y, which extends without the box, and whereby the shelled corn is dropped into the drawer D when so required. E represents a board which is hung from the front side of box, opposite the cylinder G, by means of two or more bent spring-plates, G G, and, having tencns (not shown) on its ends, slides back and forth in small slots in the inside of thebox. This board is so made that its left end extends lower than the right, and has more play in the slot at that end, for the eg'ess of the cob after being shelled. Secured within the box, directly opposite to this board, is a stationa-y board, b, which serves as a guide for the corn. E represents the board having a metallic top, which is placed in front of the cylinder in an inclined position, and upon which the coi-n is rested. At the left end of this board there is an opening in the box A, (see dotted linos at z, fig. 2,) for the passage of' thecob after being shelled. The corn is placed upon this inclined board against the eylinder, when the crank at the side of the wheel H is turned, which wheel moshes into a small wheel on the end of the cylinder C, and, by means of its teeth, tears the corn from the cob.

I am aware that the toothed roller C is not new.

What I claim is- The roller C, having its teeth placed upon its face in the manner berem described, and placed within the box between the stationary board b and adjusta ble board F, by means of its curved springs and oblong slot, when used in combination with metnllic inelined plane E andhopper B, with false bottom, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hcrcunto set my hand, this 8th day of March, 1867.

JOSEPH GOULD( witnesses:

J. D. Moon, F. A. CHAMBERS, 

